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A closer look at some DRM free Linux games available on itch.io

By flesk, 28 Dec 2015

Itch.io has become a popular distribution platform among developers for its many and flexible tools for distributing and promoting games. We take a closer look at what they have to offer us Linux gamers.

End of the year benchmarks, GTX 760 and R7 370

By Samsai, 27 Dec 2015

It's been a while since I last dug up my 760 and did some benchmarking, so I decided that I would run some to celebrate the last days of 2015. I've picked some new games this time around to show the performance of both the open source and the proprietary drivers.

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The Wine Development Release 1.9.0 Is Now Available

By sobkas, 26 Dec 2015

After release of stable version 1.8, Wine team opened a new development branch, 1.9. While it still doesn't include as many new features as previous development releases, there are 43 fixed bugs.

A festive Friday Livestream happening at 6 PM UTC!

By Samsai, 25 Dec 2015

Hello, you holiday penguins! The festivities are slowly starting to come to an end but I figured I would still brighten your monitors with a Friday Livestream! Yes, even Christmas Day festivities aren't able to come between me and the GOL Friday tradition!

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Multiplayer arena platformer Mighty Switch Force! Academy released for Linux on Steam

By flesk, 25 Dec 2015

Developer WayForward has been developing games for consoles for well over a decade, and have now released their first game for Linux.

Looks like Republique is no longer getting a Linux port

By Segata Sanshiro, 24 Dec 2015

We announced back in February that the developers of Republique were working on a Linux port, but needed some middleware to add Linux support. However it seems like this never happened, and the efforts to bring the game to Linux have been abandoned.

Happy Holidays from GamingOnLinux

By Liam Dawe, 24 Dec 2015

I know everyone doesn't celebrate the same occasions and holidays and what-not, so I will simply say Happy Holidays and wish you all the very best.

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Divinity: Original Sin Enhanced Edition released for Linux & SteamOS, now downloads!

By Liam Dawe, 23 Dec 2015

Divinity: Original Sin Enhanced Edition has finally released for SteamOS/Linux. I have picked up a copy, and I am downloading right now to give you some thoughts.

Noire crime thriller Blues and Bullets released for Linux on Steam

By flesk, 23 Dec 2015

This is the first of five planned episodes in a retelling of the story of Eliot Ness—the agent who brought down mob boss Al Capone.

Atmospheric puzzle platformer Never Alone (Kisima Ingitchuna) now available for Linux on Steam

By flesk, 22 Dec 2015

The story driven puzzle platformer is now officially available for Linux with the Foxtales DLC and is currently on sale.

Steam is having a whopper of a sale right now

By Liam Dawe, 22 Dec 2015

Roll up, roll up, it's time to empty your wallets. Steam is having a big winter sale with an insane amount of games on sale, and some serious bargains.

GOL's Linux & SteamOS gamer survey results for December

By Liam Dawe, 22 Dec 2015

The last GOL Survey results of our Linux & SteamOS user survey for 2015, wow what a year! The next survey will be available on January 1st and run for two weeks as usual.

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The GOL GOTY Awards page is open for nominations, voting after

By Liam Dawe, 22 Dec 2015

Welcome to our second year of doing a GOTY Awards, this year we added many more categories based on feedback.

Free retro game Bio Menace now available from GOG on Linux

By Liam Dawe, 22 Dec 2015

Join top CIA tough guy, Snake Logan as he battles for his life against ferocious monsters created by an evil and twisted mastermind. A free game now available on Linux thanks to GOG.